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Metal By Numbers 8/19: Here Strides The Behemoth

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.

As if stealing the show at the Mayhem Fest wasn’t enough, everyone’s favorite corpse-painted Polacks Behemoth walked off with the biggest metal debut of the week, selling 8,500 of their ninth album, Evangelion. Speaking of metal bands and makeup, Winds of Plague also have a solid debut, selling over 6,000 copies of their sophomore album. DevilDriver takes the top slot once again at FMQB, with GWAR invading the top five at metal radio.

Notable Debuts:

Behemoth, Evangelion(Metal Blade) #56, 8,500 sold
It’s hard to believe these guys have been around for nine albums and put out such a great one. Most bands run out of steam a few albums in.

Winds of Plague, The Great Stone War(Century Media) #73, 6,400 sold
If only this album was 1/5th as good as it’s cover, it would be a top ten album of the year.

Notable Sales:

Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot (Redline/Fontana) #57, 8,500 sold
In a few weeks, this will have sold over 300,000.

Killswitch Engage, Killswitch Engage(Roadrunner) #91, 5,000 sold
Almost two months in, and KsE is the only metal band with staying power in the top 100.

Kid Rock, Rock N’ Roll Jesus (Atlantic) #104, 4,200 sold
Only Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, and Daughtry have sold more than Kid on the top 200. The disturbing thing as that two of Swift’s albums have sold over 4 million and she’s showing no signs of slowing down. People sure do like their watered-down kiddie country.

Disturbed, Indestructable (Reprise) #139, 3,000 sold
Hard to believe that 10 years ago, nobody had heard of Disturbed. Now they won’t go away.

August Burns Red, Constellations (Solid State) #161, 2,700 sold
I stated this last week, but need to repeat it. The band takes their name from a vengeful ex-girlfriend (named August) of the band’s first singer that set his dog (named Redd) on fire. Wow.

Slipknot, All Hope is Gone (Roadrunner), #162, 2,650 sold
Selling almost exactly what they did last week, Slipknot are pretty consistent.

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